Intelligence agencies have cautioned the police forces of all states about a possible eruption by anti-CAA activists (rabble-rousers opposed to the amended citizenship law) on 3 June after discovering emails and other literature indicating choreographed protests will be held across the country. Naming “Safoora Zargar, Meeran Haider, Asif Iqbal Tanha, JNU students Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita along with activists Ishrat Jahan, Khalid Saifi, Gulfisha Fatima, Sharjeel Imam, Shifa Ur-Rahman and hundreds of other Muslim youth,” an email from peoplelunitedagainstrepression@gmail.com urges nearly 200 activist groups to hit the streets tomorrow.
Mentioning other incidents like “AMU students Farhan Zuberi and Ravish Ali Khan have been arrested by the UP police for participating in the anti-CAA protests”, the email clubs “anti-CAA activists such as Akhil Gogoi who has been charged under UAPA, Bittu Sonowal, Manas Konwar, Dhairjya Konwar and several others” with the lot.
The demands these activists have raised are:
- “Release all activists of the anti-CAA movement”
- “Scrap CAA-NRC-NPR! Scrap UAPA!”
Describing the anarchists as “political prisoners”, the emailer tries to exploit the prevailing sentiment against plight of migrant workers as well.
Curiously, while the reports of Muslims attacking and killing Hindus in the name of democratic protests against the CAA kept arriving until the retaliation happened, the emailer calls the Delhi riots a “pogrom”. The email is silent also on the atrocities of the activists themselves.
The sender of the email has cited cases where activists have been slapped of charges under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) to arouse emotions. The email contains misleading and provocative sentences like “The attack on the anti-CAA protesters who participated in the democratic struggle against (the) disenfranchisement of Muslims, Dalits, Adivasis, workers, women and all marginalized communities is an attempt to systematically demobilise the movement against CAA-NRC-NPR.”
The 187 rabble-rousing organisations under the umbrella “People United against Repression on Anti-CAA Protesters” named in the email are as follows:
- Ahmedabad against CAA-NRC-NPR
- All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU)
- All India Democratic Student Organisation (AIDSO)
- All India Democratic Youth Organisation (AIDYO)
- All India Forum for Right to Education
- All India Mahila Sanskritik Sangathan (AIMSS), Gujarat
- All India Peoples’ Forum, (AIPF) Bangalore
- All India Progressive Women’s Association
- All India Queer Association
- All India Revolutionary Student Organisation
- All India Student Association (AISA)
- All India Student Federation (AISF)
- Ambedkar Periyar Phule Study Circle, IIT Bombay
- Ambedkar University Delhi Students’ Council
- Anhad, Delhi
- अनुदानित शिक्षा बचाव समिती
- Anweshan
- Asansol Civil Rights Association
- Association For Democratic Rights, Punjab
- AUD Queer Collective
- Automobile Industry Contract Worker Union, Haryana
- Bandi Mukti Committee, West Bengal
- Bebaak Collective
- Bebaak collective, Uttarakhand
- Bengaluru Collective
- Bahujan Samajwadi Manch
- Bhagat Singh Ambedkar Student Organisation (BASO), JNU
- Bhagat Singh Chhatra Ekta Manch, (BSCEM) DU
- Bhagat Singh Chhatra Morcha, (BSCM) UP
- Bharat Bachao Andolan, Maharashtra
- Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan
- Bhim Army Students’ Federation, (BASF)
- Campus Front of India (CFI)
- Celluloid – The film society, Azim Premji University
- Chaitanya Mahila Sangam, Telangana
- Chhatra Ekta Manch, Haryana
- Chhatisgarh Mukti Morcha – Mazdoor Karykarta Samiti, Chhatishgarh
- Chhatisgarh Mahila Adhikar Manch
- COLLECTIVE, Delhi
- CONFLUENCE, IISER Mohali
- Dakha, Punjab
- Dayar i Shauq Students Charter (DiSSC), JMI
- Dalit Human Rights Defenders Network, Gujarat
- Dalit Lekhak Sang
- Democracy Collective, Haryana
- Democratic Teachers Front
- Democratic Students Association (DSA), Kerala
- Democratic Students Federation (DSF), JNU
- Democratic Students Organization (DSO), Punjab
- Democratic Students Union (DSU), DU
- Democratic Students Union (DSU), Telangana
- Disha Student Organisation
- Faculty Feminist Collective, Delhi
- Feminists in Resistance, Kolkata
- Forum Against Oppression of Women (FAOW), Maharashtra
- Fraternity Movement of India
- Free Speech Collective
- Friends foundation
- Grameen Mazdoor Union, Bihar
- Gujarat Federation of Trade Unions
- Gujarat Mazdoor Sabha
- Hasratein: A Queer Collective, JNU
- Humanist Rationalist Organisation, Odisha
- Hum Bharat Ke Log, Bombay
- Human Rights Law Network (HRLN)
- Hundred Flowers Group, JNU
- Indian Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU)
- Indian Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU) Sarwahara
- Indian Federation of Trade Union, Odisha
- Indian Social Action Forum, (INSAF) Gujarat
- Inquilabi Chhatra Morcha, Allahabad
- Inquilabi Kender, Haryana
- Inqlabi Kendra, Punjab
- Inquilabi Mazdoor Kendra (IMK)
- Jamia Coordination Committee
- Janaadhikaara Sangharsha Parishath
- Jana Hastakshep, Delhi
- Jagori, Dharamshala
- Jan Jagran Shakti Sangathan, Bihar
- Jan Sanskritik Manch
- Jan Sangharsh Manch Haryana
- Jan Sangharsh Manch, Gujarat
- Janwadi Mahila Samiti (AIDWA, Delhi)
- Jharkhand Nagrik Prayas
- Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU)
- Karnataka Jana Shakthi
- Karnataka Vidhyarthi Sangathan (KVS)
- Kisan Adivasi Sanghatan
- Kisan Sangharsh Samiti
- Karnataka Shramika Shakthi
- Krantikari Naujawan Sabha (KNS)
- Krantikari Yuva Sanghatan (KYS)
- Laali Guraas Collective, Darjeeling (WB)
- LABIA – A Queer Feminist LBT Collective, Maharashtra
- Lawyers Against Atrocities
- Lok Kala Manch, Mullanpur
- Lok Shikshak Manch
- Madhya Pradesh Mahila Manch
- Mahila Mukti Morcha, Chhatisgarh
- Mazdoor Samanvay Kendra
- Mazdoor Sahyog Kendra
- Minority Coordination Committee, Gujarat
- Mazdoor Kranti Parishad (MKP), WB
- Marxist Student Federation, Jharkhand
- Muktiwadi, Maharashtra
- Muslim Students Federation (MSF)
- Muslim Youth League
- Naavu Bhratheeyaru, Bangalore
- National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM)
- National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW)
- Nagrika Sammukhya, Odisha
- National Hawker Federation
- National Peace Group, Gujarat
- Naujavan Bharat Sabha
- New Socialist Alternative, Maharashtra
- New Socialist Initiative, (NSI)
- New Trade Union Initiative (NTUI)
- North East Students Forum, JNU
- Parivartankami Chhatra Sanghatan (Pachhas)
- People’s Union For Civil Liberties (PUCL)
- Pinjra Tod, Delhi
- Pragatisheel Lekhak Sangh
- Pragatisheel Mahila Ekta Kendra
- Pragatisheel Mahila Sangathan
- Prantojon
- Progressive and Democratic Students Community, AUD
- Progressive Democratic Students Federation (PDSF)
- Progressive Democratic Students Federation (PDSF), WB
- Progressive Democratic Students Union (PDSU)
- Progressive Democratic Students Union (PDSU), AP, Telangana
- Progressive Democratic Youth Federation (PDYF)
- Progressive Organisation For Women (POW), Telangana
- Progressive Student Front, Haryana
- Punjab Student’s Union (PSU)
- Radical Study Circle, TISS Mumbai
- Rajiv Gandhi University Research Scholars’ Forum
- Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch
- Rashtriya Manavadhikar Mahasabha
- Refraction, WB
- Revolutionary Students’ Front, WB
- Revolutionary Workers Party of India
- Rihai Manch, UP
- Saheli, Delhi
- Sangwari
- Samajwadi Jan Parishad
- Samajwadi Samagam
- Samta Kala Manch, Maharashtra
- Samtamulak Mahila Sangatan, Haryana
- Samata Vidyarthi Aghadi, Maharashtra
- Satya Shodhak Sangh, Delhi/UP
- SAU Progressive Students, Delhi
- Shramajibi Nari Mancha, WB
- Shramik Sangram Committee (SSC)
- Shrijan, Siliguri, WB
- Sikh Muslim Dalit Christian Sanjha Front, Punjab.
- Student Organization for Socialist Democracy, Haryana
- Socialist Workers Centre
- Socialist Workers Center, TN
- Solidarity Youth Movement
- Stree Mukti Sangathan
- Stri Jagriti Manch
- Struggling Workers Coordination Committee, (SWCC) WB
- Student Federation of India (SFI)
- Students of Aalim Muhammad Salegh college
- Students For Society, (SFS) Punjab
- Students Islamic Organization (SIO)
- South India Federation of Trade Unions
- Swaraj Abhiyan
- Tamil Nadu Student Movement (TSM)
- Telangana Vidyarthi Sangam (TVS)
- Telangana Vidyarthi Vedika (TVV)
- The Feminist Collective, Haryana
- The Students’ Outpost, Bangalore
- Trade Union Center of India (TUCI)
- Trans Rights Now
- United Against Hate
- United OBC Forum
- Uttarakhand Mahila Manch
- Utthan, Gujarat
- Vidrohi Sanskrutik Chalwal, Maharashtra
- Vimukta – Stree Mukti Sangathan
- We The People of India (Hum Bharat Ke Log)
- We The People Of India, Bengaluru
- Women Against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS)
- Young Tamilnadu Movement
- Youth Alliance For Peace
- Yuvak Kranti Dal, Maharashtra
Initially, the activists had posted the email also on Facebook, but they deleted the post on getting a whiff of the likely police action on them.
Alerted by the fresh anti-CAA mobilisation, a government memo was shot to all state police forces, where superintendents of police of all districts were told: “The post above calls for nationwide protests on June 3. The issues are against recent arrests by Delhi Police, CAA, UAPA, etc. In view of restrictions due to COVID and in the backdrop of protests and violence in US, protests in any form should not be allowed. Our officers have been directed to share additional information with you.”
“It looks like they are planning an American type protest here,” an officer told Sirf News on the condition of anonymity.
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